Prepmech
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GSG5-SD rifle BATFE legal issues
GSG5-SDs are .22 rimfire H&K MP5 clones. They are imported from germany with fake silencers to look like the silenced MP5-SD.
The BATFE decided that they made a mistake in allowing them to be imported and sold, because the fake silencer can be easily modified to be made functional. They now classify the fake silencer as a functional device.
They are allowing an amnesty period for the guns silencer, and it has to be sent in to the importer so they can replace it with a new non-functional silencer.
What would stop a person from making their "functional" silencer into a more functional silencer since they already have amnesty?
On a side note, does 922R apply to .22s?
The BATFE decision is putting GSG5 owners in a jam because of the lack of documentation they are releasing on the issue. If you own one of the silencers you are expected to send it through the mail (a felony?) to have it replaced, without any documentation from the BATFE to explain why you are mailing an illegal device without the proper licensing.
They could be purchased legally months ago, but now due to later decision they are illegal to own (or at least the silencers are).
GSG5-SDs are .22 rimfire H&K MP5 clones. They are imported from germany with fake silencers to look like the silenced MP5-SD.
The BATFE decided that they made a mistake in allowing them to be imported and sold, because the fake silencer can be easily modified to be made functional. They now classify the fake silencer as a functional device.
They are allowing an amnesty period for the guns silencer, and it has to be sent in to the importer so they can replace it with a new non-functional silencer.
What would stop a person from making their "functional" silencer into a more functional silencer since they already have amnesty?
On a side note, does 922R apply to .22s?
The BATFE decision is putting GSG5 owners in a jam because of the lack of documentation they are releasing on the issue. If you own one of the silencers you are expected to send it through the mail (a felony?) to have it replaced, without any documentation from the BATFE to explain why you are mailing an illegal device without the proper licensing.
They could be purchased legally months ago, but now due to later decision they are illegal to own (or at least the silencers are).
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